Is there proper use of internal citations and a Works Cited page? ____/30 = Known as the Cloud People‚ the Zapotec people started off as nomads before they settled down and became hunters and gathers. With the discovery of basic farming techniques‚ these nomads began to settle in small communities‚ forming what would later become the Zapotec nation. After settling down‚ the Zapotecs developed a calendar‚ a logo syllabic system of writing that used a separate glyph to represent each of the syllables of
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Pain of Cuba body I am my orphan hood I live. In Cuba when you die the earth that covers us speaks. But here‚ covered by the earth whose prisoner I am I feel death palpitating underneath the earth. And‚ so‚ as my whole being is filled with the want of Cuba I go on to make my mark upon the earth‚ to go on is victory. --Ana Mendieta‚ June 1‚ 1981 1 Ana Mendieta a Cuban American female artist‚ whose work was continuing to search for her identity throughout her whole entire life. She has often searched
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the Olmec‚ like the great Mesoamerican civilizations that came after them‚ had an interest in and knowledge of astronomy. C. The Zapotec 1. They developed their society in what is now the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. Like their contemporaries‚ the Mixtec (Mixteca) and the Mayans‚ the Zapotec were likely influenced by the Olmec. 2. In the 700s BCE‚ the Zapotec began constructing a city
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Question1 The map below shows important African kingdoms and trading states of the period CE 700- CE 1600. Use the map below to answer the following question: What inference is justified by information on the map? (5 points) Select one: a. The kingdoms of Ghana‚ Mali‚ and Songhai were allies. b. Ghana participated in a trade network that crossed Africa. c. The kingdom of Mali arose after the kingdom of Ghana. d. Morocco was a source for much of Ghana’s culture. Question2 How did the traditional
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Legacies of the Olmec‚ Zapotec‚ and Chavín". Describe each of the 3 artifacts below: Describe this artifact: 1. The name of the civilization that created it (Olmec‚ Zapotec‚ Chavín) ? 2. An explanation of the evidence that the artifact belongs to that civilization 3. A description of the characteristics of the artifact 4. A logical explanation of the purpose that the artifact would have served Describe this artifact: 5. The name of the civilization that created it (Olmec‚ Zapotec‚ Chavín) ? Chavin
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Mexican population in the U.S. has become increasingly diverse with regard to national origins. The book Transborder Lives: Indigenous Oaxacans in Mexico‚ California and Oregon by Lynn Stephen is an ethnography of Mixtecs from San Agustín Atenago and Zapotecs from Teotitlán del Valle now living in Mexico‚ California‚ and Oregon. Stephen focuses on the structural settings that frame migrant and labor relations. Through the use of interviews‚ she provided the readers with human relations‚ experiences in
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Exam #1 REVIEW‚ Fieldwork‚ Theory‚ Culture‚ Religion‚ and Tonga For Kottak’s Chapters 1‚ 3 and 12 and class lectures: Define the sub-fields of anthropology and recognize the kinds of studies done in each. What kinds of research are done in applied anthropology in each of the subfields? Review all the research methods typically used in cultural anthropology. What are the research methods? Which methods did Small and Pendry use? What do anthropologists have to do to be able to conduct research
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After I read the article “Human sexuality in cross-cultural perspective” from page 135‚ I feel so shock. The article is talked about the culture of human sexuality at Pokot and Zapotec. Pokot is a country that placed a very high emphasis on sexual pleasure‚ and every sexual between the husband and wife must reached orgasm. If not‚ the wife will think their husband was adultery and will punish the husband by calling her female friends together tie her husband on the bed while he is sleeping. I am
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etc. When it comes to Mexico as a country‚ besides its beautiful resorts‚ Mexico displays rich history‚ excellent cuisine‚ Spanish colonial attraction‚ indigenous wisdom‚ and hospitality. Mexico has hosted civilizations like Olmecs‚ Teotihuacans‚ Zapotecs‚ Toltecs‚ Mayas‚ and Aztecs. Olmecs being the oldest of the pre-colonial civilizations‚ the period spanned from around 1500 BC to the last civilization of Aztecs in 1521. Olmecs centered around todays Veracruz and Tobasco states. They invented mathematical
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Did the Expansion of the Aztec Empire Lead to Their Downfall? The Aztec Indians originated from a place called Aztlan‚ somewhere in north or northwest Mexico. At that time the Aztecs were a small‚ nomadic tribe living in the border territory on the margins of civilized Mesoamerica. (see map I) In the 13th century they settled in the valley of central Mexico. The Aztecs finally found refuge on a small island in Lake Texcoco‚ where about 1345‚ they founded the town of Tenochtitlan. The island
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